M&A 2023 Annual Review

30 Morrison Foerster Morrison Foerster advised Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity firm specializing in sustainable food chain investing, and its portfolio companies, in connection with a wide range of M&A transactions. For example, we advised Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL), a table grape research and development company, in connection with its combination with International Fruit Genetics to form a new global breeding entity, Bloom Fresh International. SNFL is present in 18 countries around the globe and delivers innovation in mainstream, specialty flavored, disease resistant, and high antioxidant table grape varieties. We also advised AgroFresh Solutions, a Philadelphia-based provider of technologies and services to extend the shelf life of fresh produce, in connection with its acquisition of Tessara, a post-harvest solutions provider, from the global investment firm Carlyle. This deal followed our work on AgroFresh’s go-private transaction earlier in the year.

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